The WSOP main event has concluded, attracting 7,874 players and a prize pool of 74 million USD. Among this incredible number of players were thirteen Lithuanians: Daiva Byrne, Paulius Plausinaitis, Dominykas Mikolaitis, Arลซnas Sapitaviฤius, Aleksandras Rusinovas, Kristupas Bertulis, Matas ฤikinas, Laurynas Levinskas, Vytautas Semaลกka, Vytautas Laurinaitis, Mantas Bagoฤius, Artลซras Astrauskas, and Matas Cimbolas.
Laurynas Levinskas managed to secure the highest position among them, finishing in 79th place and winning 91,610 USD.
In his final hand, Laurynas faced a challenge from his opponent when the board showed 5โ 6โฃ2โฆKโ . Laurynas bet 970,000. After some thought, his opponent called. When the final card, Qโฅ, was revealed, Laurynas immediately went all-in with his remaining 3.3 million chips. His opponent, after a moment of consideration, called with AโฃJโฃ. Unfortunately, the Lithuanian tried to bluff his opponent with only 8โฆ7โฆ.
Two other Lithuanians, Mantas Bagoฤius and Matas ฤikinas, reached the 6th day of the WSOP main event.
Mantas ฤikinas finished in 116th place and won a prize of 57,010 USD when his AK couldn't hold up against QQ.
M. Bagoฤius added 49,335 USD to his account by finishing in 163rd place.
Artลซras Astrauskas was eliminated on the 4th day, finishing in 422nd place and winning 29,625 USD.
